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My credit union, bank and Paypal itself to name a few.
Since this just now seems to be the new common practice, I have bitten the bullet and provided the information requested (sort of) and had my account unfrozen so I can transfer Lindens to a paypal account again if I ever choose to do so. As I have said, my main concern is not what LL (Tilia is just LL staff) will do with my info. My problem is what others will do with it and if you read Tilia's "secure process" you realize it is only a matter of time before it falls into other's hands, as happened in 2006 In their own FAQ on Privacy and Security, they admit that the data is not even encrypted. LL has already had
With the information I provided, a person who obtained it could do the following with ease:
Obtain a driver's license
Apply for a credit card
Obtain my birth certificate
Open a bank account.
Thanks for all the feedback. I am just going to cross my fingers and go on.

Hi,
I am reaching out anyone else who cashes out lindens into a papypal account. After providing my basic information to become premium member (name, address, credit card) I was of course asked to provide more information, (provide driver's license) to Tilia when i tried to withdraw Lindens. That was over three months ago and took about two days and I was verified. I typically withdraw about 20000L per month.
Just this week, i tried to withdraw lindens into my paypal account that they have on file, and received a notice that the order was placed on hold so that Tilia could very my account and they requested more information. The information requested was:
Driver's license photo
Photo of recent utility bill
Photo of second form of ID
Photo of social security card or tax document with SS number on it
Date of Birth.
In your experience, Is this standard procedure? To say this seemed a bit "excessive" is an understatement. My physical bank has never requested some of this info and certainly no online business ever has. Also, a process that took 48 hours before is now stretching into a week. LL basically now has every thing they need on file to duplicate me online. Of course they wouldn't but what about the crazy Kurdistan hacker who will inevitably get this information? I am curious, if you cash out Lindens of any amount, has this process been similar for you?

None of the above is acceptable and that Niran is describing this as "ifinitalely better" than previous versions is mortifying.
Where are the residents who were asking for this? How many resident have pushed LL for something like this? I am not going to come right out and say that they don't exist, but it is not a stretch to consider that to be the fact. I have yet to hear from a single one of them on any forum.
It truly does sound like a wonderful idea on paper, but it also sounds like a horrible nightmare when actually tested as something that can actually enhance the Sl experience. I would love to hear the process that went into deciding, "yes, this is definitely a project that people would want and that we should invest SIGNIFICANT time and resources on? Are ideas just thought up randomly at a meeting and put in a hat? This is not sarcasm. I think it is worth explaining the process that went into deciding that this was something anyone wanted and deciding that it was worth disregarding all the negative effects it will place on creatives who rely a lot on (pause) good lighting and good shadows. LL has a fairly small staff for what they need to do, so I can't help but think of the things that people actually want, that would be much easier to do, that have been tossed aside for something that , based on what is being said by the people creating it and using it right now, will likely change everything as far as graphics in world, and not in a good way.

Interesting thread as I have been trying out several differant viewers lately.
I *was* a huge fan of the Exodus Viewer. It came out and had a significant amount of features and was very reliable. To refer to it asa viewer for combat RP is very misleading. I it also geared to visual artist. However, it has not been updated since January and developers have had trouble meeting their own dates, so I have moved on until they put together a more current release.
I haved used Niran's Viewer and it truly is a stunning piece of work. It is worth trying just to enjoy the camera movment alon.Just so many features and I often think it tries to do too much. I think of it as a high end sports car. Fun to drive sometimes, but not great for everyday use. For photographs or simply wanting things to "look good" this is THE viewer.
I am surprised no one has mentioned the Dolphin Viewer. This has become my "go to" viewer which I fnd myself using most of the time now that Exodus has faded. If offers a lot of features you will fined elsewhere, looks grear and is, for me, extremely reliable. It can take a pounding. Also, the developer updates regularly. Currently ,I find myself using this viewer daily along with the SL viewer which I find improving with every release.

...and while we are at it, let's go back to cassettes instead of CD's and that cumbersome IPOD. Also, i find that the internet in general keeps changing and evolving in a way that does not suit me. Since it does not suit me, it obviously could not suit anyone else, so let's get rid of the internet and go back to just writing letters.

Thank you Paola for staying on top of this the way you have, both in here and with the Jira . I would imagine that Exodus will fix the issue first. At that point Exodus will like be my primary viewer. I hope the issue is solved soon, all of the "fixes" i have seen so far (turn off High Rez, turn off antialiasing, Photoshop) all result ina poorer quality of image.

SImply go to shoutcast website http://www.shoutcast.com/ and search through the 100's of streams they offer. When you find one you like, simply open it but choose "open with notepad" instead of your regualr music player.It will giveyou a text document. There you will find the stream URL for that particular stream. Just copy and paste it into your viewer

Hellespoint
Please know that, becasue you refuse to adapt and insist on using a unsupportes, outdated viewer, YOU are now part of the problem in SL, not the solution. Thanks for the lag.
The V3 Viewer UI is totally customizable. To complain about it is just to simply show that you are simply to lazy to make simple modifications.

Well, my remedy so far has been to switch to the Exodus Viewer for all photography projects. I will not go into what a great viewer this is here, I will just say that it is great for photography and they have apparently fixed the issue LL is still working on, or looking at...or maybe thinking about possibly looking into.
I CAN get rid of the lines by lowering my resolution, but this reduced the quality of the picture as well. I like to save my photos at or above my screen resolution, which is pretty high.

no Nazi behavior. (Too bad the original Weimar Republic wasn’t like this, would have saved everyone a lot of trouble.)
Did anyone else just love that!:matte-motes-big-grin:
Clearly one of the best thought out and executed sims in SL. It is nice to see it get the attention it deserves. This should be a required in-world vist for every LL developer.

Great post Eileen!
My experience at Linden Realms was similar in that I came away with both positive and negatives. It IS a very fun diversion and the LL team did a good job of showing how a game environment could be built within SL. Some of the aspects of the design, such as the automatic TP gates and the interactive "creatures" show what may be in the future throughout the grid. And, last but not least, it was fun!
What I was not so crazy about was a lack of creativity in creatng the look and storyline of this game. The look and storyline is a direct ripoff of just about every Final Fantasy game put out over the last 10 years, not to mention the folks who have played Everquest probably fellt as if they where in familiar surroundings. Let's just say this is NOT the first time I have seen those rock creatures running around.
This goes back I think to the common complaint that the talented creators at LL might be great at the nuts and bolts, but they don't really know what life in SL is like and they are not very creative. (They don't get "it" because they don't use it themselves.) It will be interesting to see what these new tools used in Realms will be like in the hands of some of the creative artist and the folks who have pent a bit of time in wolrd.
I would encourage anyone who hasn'y to give the gamea try and decide for themselves. As I said, it is fun and that is/was really the main goal.